Obama to Inform Netanyahu of Plans for Summer Iran War

According to unnamed officials quoted by Israel’s Channel 10, President Obama is planning to inform Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to attack Iran this summer, with June beginning the “window of opportunity” for his next war.

Secretary of State John Kerry said in a press conference earlier today that time is “running out” for diplomacy, and it seems that the next P5+1 talks are being set up as the “last chance” for Iran to give in to assorted US demands before being attacked.

President Obama will reportedly inform Israel of this decision during his upcoming visit next month, and will ask Netanyahu to “sit tight” and stop talking up the war for a few months until the US can get it off the ground unilaterally.

The US has been setting the stage for a June war since last year, when Obama had likewise reassured Israel in the lead-up to elections that a US war would be launched by June 2013, an effort to keep Israel from starting the war ahead of the US vote.

It should be noted that a June war would be extremely problematic on a number of levels, including Iran having a June 14 presidential election to replace outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Moreover, previous reports of a “war date” being set by the administration have not panned out.

Netanyahu has been making much of the “red line” of Iran’s civilian enrichment program growing more efficient, despite the UN confirming that Iran keeps diverting the civilian uranium to civilian uses and the stockpile is not getting considerably larger than its been. He has presented summer as a likely time to start a war, and any US pledge might be designed more to placate him than around any intention to actually go through with it.

Most of Iran’s uranium is enriched to 3.5 percent, for the Bushehr electricity plant, while a small fraction is further enriched to 20 percent, the level needed for the US-built Tehran Research Reactor, which makes medical isotopes.

Indeed, US intelligence agencies have repeatedly conceded in “threat assessments” that Iran’s program is purely civilian and that there is “no decision” by Iran to even attempt to make a nuclear weapon. A recent poll has shown that an overwhelming majority of Americans have been convinced by politicians that Iran’s program is a “threat” to American interests, though polls have generally shown a strong opposition to starting a war over the matter.

We could be all wrong, I agree the is no US appetite to war…..But, Big But, there are Banksters always behind, there is dying US dollar, its position as reserve currency…
Zionist banksters did not stop either first or second WW, opposite is truth…
Lets hope there will be no war….lets hope "sanity and reason" togheter with awaiken Mankind will be victorious, lets hope World will turn against THE ONLY EVIL IDEOLOGY – Zionism and place in Palestine called Israel….peter czech

Have you people ever heard of “false flag”?
The US empire under Obama is not going to commit crimes blatantly.

Obama has already chosen to escalate the current level of US-led aggression,
with even MORE US-led aggression. (Africa, drones, cyber-war, etc. … anyone notice?)

There will be incident(s), likely false flag or less likely real but cleverly provoked against Iran,
and the Obamaphiles will fully support the blood-spilling,
just as they have supported all his frauds and murders.

They will surely repeat once again, others are to blame, he was pushed into a corner,
his intentions are good, he had to be “realistic”, no others could do better.

There are two kind of regimes that would love for this war starts sooner the later.., Israel apartheid-rasist regime and USA vulture capitalism. But off course.., Hollywood Neo liberal fascism will do the advertising by all means for this war to start.

This has been "unofficially" officially said for at least a year now, and probably for closer to two years now. And, America's "diplomacy" has been driving in this direction all along, with their constant raising of demands every time Iran seems ready to compromise and make a deal.

Both were well known before the election, so everyone who voted for Obama voted in favor of this war. Hope you like (more) blood on your hands.

Seldon: I agree with your comments. That is the way we are headed. I hope we are both wrong and these other birds are right. Anyone who voted for Obama voted for a died in the wool mass murderer of women and children in the thousands. Romney was only a potential mass murderer. although he did sound like he wanted to be one, that is for sure.

True. Nevertheless, when Kerry was running against Bush II, when asked specifically about Iran he was more hawkish than Bush and, what worried me most, he didn't exclude using atomic weapons. As secretary of state the role is different and rhetoric is more useful in electoral campaigns but I wonder why did Obama pick him? Chuck Hagen, after all, is only secretary of defense, if Obama starts the war he will have to follow orders or resign, but he's a less active part on the possible path to war than Kerry.

Israel has to do their own war. Obama won't. And Israel probably won't nuke Iran either, since they want the USA to do it and take all the risks. So nothing will happen to Iran. But Iran will fight Israel in Syria and Lebanon. Oh wait, they already are…. That is where the war is. Look for expansion of the Islamic Civil War already underway in Syria and Lebanon to the entire region.

Islamic civil war? A very incorrect statement to say the least. It is a proxy war. The FSA (or "rebels") are nothing but a front to cover for actual terrorists/mercenaries sent there from all over the region; funded and armed by the US, Israel, and a handful of allies.

The bombings, executions, and wholesale murder of Syrian people is not the work of the Syrian government; but the work of the imported terrorists (aka "rebels") aiming to blame Assad for it all and shift public opinion and force Assad out.

There will likely be no war in June. Unless that boil on the arse of humanity known as Israel has a deathwish and starts it themselves, in which case, PROBLEM SOLVED.

Israel has to do their own war. Obama won't. And Israel probably won't nuke Iran either, since they want the USA to do it and take all the risks. So nothing will happen to Iran. But Iran will fight Israel in Syria and Lebanon. Oh wait, they already are…. That is where the war is. Look for expansion of the Islamic Civil War already underway in Syria and Lebanon to the entire region.

THose who dont believe this are spot on… This is not going to happen. If there is going to be a war with Iran, it will not be so plainly initiated by the US. There is too much to lose that way. It must be Iran who appears to be the provocateur. If there is going to be a war with Iran, US public opinion must be squarely pro war…..in order for that to happen, there must be a 9/11 type attack against the US that can be blamed on iran and beat the war drums for an attack

I am sure the Mossad is working on that right now. Hard as it is they will try to put the blame on Iran. Maybe sinking one of our ships in tht Gulf and killing a few hundred sailors will do the trick. Remember the USS Main.

The Israelis and their (p)sychophants have been begging for this and brainwashing us with their Hollywood-Washington propaganda for years. I think they really believe their own glorified delusions. Reality will have some harsh lessons if they pursue this. Everybody will suffer. Israel will be shattered and America will tremble in fear. I predict.

After the Iraq, Afghanistan fiasco I do not think peace nobel winner and laureate Obama will take on Iran. On the contrary a nuclear Iran will add balance to the middle east since it is a known fact that Israel has nuclear weapons of its own. Israel has used chemical weapons such as white phosphorous and other weapons of mass destruction such as uranium enriched missiles on civilian populations. All this has been documented by the UN on the Goldstone report. Israel is a derelict state in constant contempt of international laws and basic human rights.

Argo was planned and produced specifically as part of the anti-iran campaign to bring about the bad memories and feelings of anger among boomers about iran that they felt during the "hostage" crisis. It had been marked to "win" the oscar from the day it first started production by the powers that control hollywood. If you wanted any more proof that the oscars are rigged, then ask why a third rate movie with a third rate director was able to win such an acclaimed prize?

You know someone from Israel's inner circle of government attempts to utter a lie when he opens his – or her's; Kudos to Szipi Livni – mouth and moves his/her lips.

The good thing about these constantly flowing threats of war against Iran is that anyone and everyone who would attack Iran about their non-existing "nookular" threat perfectly qualifies as a war criminal unter the regulations of the UN-Charta.

I'd love to see Netanyahu hunker down in his bunker with nowhere to go but his own toilet without fear of being detained and sentenced to life.

Get ready, this Murderer has no boundaries . He's tasted the BLOOD of Arabs in the thousands.
Everyday he murders innocent civilians in the Middle East and gives Israel the green light to kill
and steal Palestinian land. What makes you think he would pass up another opportunity to use his
power for more killing?. Why do you think Iranians want nukes? This president has "no moral
center".

No, Obama is going there on his first foreign visit after his inauguration for the second term to thank his masters in the sh*tty little state. Grovel a bit, assure them that Hagel will be a good dog and, as always and without fail, accuse the Palestinians of breathing.

I was skeptical, too, and glad to see all the comments saying the same thing. There was some fear of Netanyahu pressuring Obama during the presidential campaign, but now that he's safely into his second term and doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected, why would he do it this summer? From all accounts, he's not a big fan of Netanyahu's. All of the sources for this report were either the Times of Israel or antiwar.com…

I’ll believe in a war against Iran as soon as someone can demonstrate how the United States can win it.

Wars are about objectives. If you meet your objectives, you win. Iran: stop enrichment? Can’t be done short of permanent, non-stop bombing. Damage Fordo (if that can be done) and it’ll just be rebuilt. Regime change? Not possible without invasion, and invasion is not possible.

So when the uniforms are briefing Obama, what do they tell him? “Best case scenario, we will not meet our objectives; worst case scenario, we lose a carrier task group?” In other words, the best the United States can do in a war with Iran is lose?

Contrast that with Iraq, where the Pentagon was able to tell Bush: two weeks, tops. No problems.

This time: “all the war games and simulations have us losing this war.”

Much as they look forward to wars, military officers don’t get promoted for losing them. I just don’t see how that briefing goes.

What is missing here is that China, and Russia have warned they will not stand by for any unilateral war on Iran. Both of these countries would hand the US, and Israel their arse. Plus Iran already has state of the art long range Chinese missiles. I am looking forward to the day when the IDF are beaten, maimed, and executed in mass numbers since they are nothing more than cold blooded terrorists. Come to Tehran Uncle Sam, because this will be your last war…

Good for you, Jeff for mentioning that Russia and China has have some say in this – Netanyahu and Obama can hold hands in the moonlight and whisper sweet nothings in each other's ears all they want, but come daylight, America and Israel both know (or will be told) that the World will not tolerate an attack upon Iran which could easily trigger WWIII – just so that a–hole "settlers" can steal more land.

The announcement is blatant propaganda nonsense.. especially with a headline like that. It has no other purpose than to intimidate the Iranians into accepting the US's pathetic 'offer' at the P+1 talks currently underway.

Rather disturbingly, antiwar.com hasn't pointed this out… and we have to wonder why antiwar.com feels obliged to take part in the US's intimidation tactics.